Category Archives: Seattle

Our World – Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier is hard for me to get my head around. It is an incredible (to this flatlander) 14,410 feet tall.

The weather at the top is much different than the weather at the bottom. In fact I think it makes its own weather.

Much of the time you can’t even see the top.

Then it clears off. It is very majestic.

It has glaciers year round.

That feed incredible waterfalls.

And Rivers, this one didn’t look like much but you should have heard its roar from way above the canyon.

Aside from the fact that it is not an extinct volcano, the mountain seems alive. It is dangerous also. About three people a year die in mountaineering accidents on the mountain.

Aren’t you glad we have our National Parks? I am.

Our World Tuesday

Mount Rainier on Dwellable

Skywatch Friday – Puget Sound

I was constantly amazed by the beautiful skies during our recent trip to Washington. You could almost put your camera on tripod with a timer to go off every 10 minutes and you wouldn’t have the same photo all day.

Skywatch Friday

Our World – Seattle’s Pike Place Market

If you go to Seattle and you can only do one thing you have to go to the Pike Place Market downtown near the waterfront. Bustling is the word. It is the people watchers place to be. Yep its a tourist place, but if you are tourist, go for it.

Sights and Sounds everywhere. Not just the fish sellers but flower, fruit, vegetable, stands as well. Be sure and take your camera.

These are pictures from my Lomography Mini 35mm film camera.

Our World Tuesday

Weekend Reflections – Boats

Lake Union, Seattle

Weekend Reflections

Skywatch Friday – Space Needle

Skywatch

Orange Your Glad It’s Friday

San Juan Whale Watching

About two weeks ago in Seattle we got up very early and clambered onto the Victoria Clipper III and headed off north in search of whales.

The vessel wasn’t very full so we got to spread out a little. Luckily they had lots of coffee on board an free refills.

And the boat could haul a** as we say in Oklahoma. It could have probably pulled a dozen skiers.

We saw all sorts of boats on the way, motor boats, big and small.

And sail boats, most moving with their motors.

And big ole houses right on the water.

And beautiful bridges.

We got to Friday Harbor and spotted this classy yacht, the MV Olympus. It used to be the governor’s personal yacht way back when and the subject of some scandal because of the cost. It is now privately owned and is displayed at classic boat shows. You can charter it if you want. You want to know how much?? Hahaha, well then you can’t afford it as they saying goes.

At Friday Harbor we had lunch. I went geocaching and found my very first Washington geocache. No lie, the photo above was taken at the cache site.

While hunting for whales we saw some spectacular skies.

And some harbor seals. They don’t really like Orca whales, but the whales love the seals.

We saw some deer on a wildlife preserve on an island.

And then finally!!

We gave up. I got this pic from the NOAA web site. (Sorry)

We would like to have seen some whales but we had a great trip anyway.

We saw some more great scenery on the way back to Seattle.

I never got tired of seeing the Space Needle. Seattle has to have the prettiest skyline of any city I’ve ever visited. (Nope, hadn’t been to Paris, yet.)

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